The GRE® General Test
The GRE® General Test — the most widely accepted Graduate Admissions Test in USA and Canada — can bring you one step closer to achieving your career goals. And there has never been a better time to take the one test that gives you more opportunities for your future.
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GRE® Test Content and Structure
Introduced on August 1, 2011, the GRE revised General Test features new types of questions that more closely reflect the kind of thinking you’ll do - and the skills you need to succeed - in today's demanding Graduate (Masters) programs. It is designed to provide a friendlier, more flexible test-taking experience.
Here's a look at content covered in the three test sections — Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing.
Computer-based GRE® revised General Test Content and Structure
The overall testing time for the computer-based GRE® revised General Test is about three hoursand 45 minutes. There are six sections with a 10-minute break following the third section.
| Measure | No. of questions | Allotted Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Analytical Writing (One section with two separately timed tasks) | One "Analyze an Issue" task and one "Analyze an Argument" task | 30 minutes per task |
| Verbal Reasoning (Two sections) | Approximately 20 questions per section | 30 minutes per section |
| Quantitative Reasoning (Two sections) | Approximately 20 questions per section | 35 minutes per section |
| Unscored ¹ | Varies | Varies |
| Research ² | Varies | Varies |
❋ An unidentified unscored section may be included and may appear in any order after the Analytical Writing section. It is not counted as part of your score.
❋ An identified research section that is not scored may be included, and it is always at the end of the test.The Analytical Writing section will always be first, while the other five sections may appear in any order.
GRE® Scores
GRE® test scores are valid for five years after the testing year in which you tested (July 1 – June 30).
| Measure | Score Reported |
|---|---|
| Verbal Reasoning | 130 – 170, in 1 point increments |
| VQuantitative Reasoning | 130 – 170, in 1 point increments |
| Analytical Writing | 0 – 6, in half point increments |
The Verbal and Quantitative scores range from 0 to 60. Scores below 9 and above 44 for the Verbal section or below 7 and above 50 for the Quantitative section are rare. The Verbal and Quantitative scores measure different constructs and are not comparable to each other.
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Retaking the GRE General Test
You can take the GRE revised General Test only once every 60 days, and no more than five times within any continuous rolling 12-month period. This applies even if you canceled your scores on a test taken previously.
All your scores will be written in the report as long as they are valid ( less than 5 years.) thus, if you take the GRE for the 10 times in 3 years ( not more than 5 times in a year and one time in a month) all your scores will be reported. If you even cancel you score, then they will indicate that this person on this date and in this place (Place of exam- code of it) took the GRE and canceled his/her exam.
It’s a varying policy, but the Universities may choose to look at the best score, the average or a combination of both depending upon the strength of the other parts of your application. So you really cannot choose to send "Any Particular" scores. The University will know all your GRE scores in the last 5yrs I believe, for which they keep the record of your examination valid.
However if you do cancel your score, of course you wont be able to see your score, but the record of that exam will not appear in the report as well.
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